Sanitary counter.



G. V. MASER & J. A. GEBHART.

I SANITARY COUNTER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY5, 1911.

Patented July 9, 1912.

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GEORGE V. MASER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANTA, AND JAMES A. GEBI-IART, OF

WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.

SANITARY COUNTER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE V. MASER and JAMES A. GEBHART, citizens of the United States, residing, respectively, at Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, and at Wilmington, in the county of Newcastle and State of Delaware, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Counters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to store furniture and particularly to counters and their construction.

The object of the invention is to provide a saloon counter or bar frame of such novel and peculiar construction that its parts may be assembled and disconnected in a simple and expeditious manner.

A further object of the invention is to provide a knock-down counter frame having such construction, connection, and combination of parts as to be readily and conveniently set up and disconnected, such construction and connections affording means for holding counter fronts, ends and sides composed of marble, tiling, concrete, or any other material applicable to the frame, so as to form a sanitary counter or bar having air spaces between the frame and such front.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a counter having an air space between certain parts of the counter frame and the counter facings, and to furnish novel and peculiar means in the frame for supporting such facings so that the latter may have as little contact with the frame as possible, for the purpose of preserving the frame and the facings, and for forming said air spaces.

Various other objects, advantages, and improved results are attainable in the practical construction and application of the invention hereinafter particularly described.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this application: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bar counter partly broken away, embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the counter frame without the curved or bowed end. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of'the frame. Fig. 4: is a vertical sectional view taken through the front of the counter shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a section on the line X-X Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the corner irons. Fig. 7 is a similar view of another corner Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 5, 1911.

Patented July 9, 1912.

Serial No. 636,938.

iron. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of an end angle iron. Fig. 9 is a perspectiveview of an end brace. Fig. 10 is a perspective view of an end angle iron.

The same reference numerals denote the same parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

The parts constituting the counter frame,

for convenience and adaptability, preferably.

consist of standard angle and T iron and bars, or steel, which only require cutting into such lengths and shape as may be desired, or according to the size of the space in which the counter is to be located, and such irons are bolted or otherwise secured together that they may be expeditiously disconnected so that a 'counter frame may be made and set up at a factory or other place of manufacture, and then knocked down and packed for shipment or transportation in proper shape or condition for placing the same in proper position for use.

The top front angle iron 1, of the frame is mitered at one end with an outer top end angle iron 2; and an inner angle iron 3, having end portions cut away at 4, and at 5, is secured to the iron 2, by means of bolts or screws 6. The irons 1 and 2 are attached to the upper end of an angle corner iron 8, by bolts Or screws 9, with a portion of the corner iron occupying the cut out at of the iron 3, and an end standard 10, fitting the other out out 5, is secured to the iron 3, by bolts or screws 12.

l/Vhen it is desired to use a bowed or curved counter end, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, or in providing means for making the counter in section lengths, a T iron 13, is employed, to the face of which the front iron 1, is secured by bolts or screws 14, and the said bowed portion or other section is also bolted to said face. The web 15, of the T-iron has an angle iron 16 secured thereto by means of bolts or screws 17, and this iron 16, has a notch or cut out 18, at one end to fit the T-iron and permit a portion 19, of the iron 16, to fit up against the inner side of the front iron 1. Base angle irons 20 and 21, are secured to the corner bar and corner irons by means of bolts or screws 22, at suflicient distance from the bottom of said bar and irons as to leave a space between the floor 23, and said corner irons and bar, and the upper face of the base irons is beveled downwardly and outwardly, and the said corner bar and corner irons are supported by foot rests or angle irons 2%, secured to the floor and attached to the said corners by bolts or screws 25.

It will be seen that the construction just described forms a rectangular counter frame n condition to apply a counter top 26, and facings 27, the latter being placed between and against the base irons 20 and 21, and the top irons 1 and 2, to form an air space 28, between the corner irons and such facings, and to prevent contact between the facings and the corner irons throughout the counter, said facings beingwedged into position by reason of the beveled face of the base irons, and the latter project from the facings for the purpose of applying a foot rall 1 thereto.

The iron 16 may be used without a corner post or iron at its inner end by applying a supporting bracket or. brace 29 thereto. Such bracket is bolted to the T-iron at 30, and has a flange 21 off-set therefrom so as to form a shoulder 32, which fits the bottom edge of the iron 16, and said flange is secured to the inner side of the iron 16. This arrangement affords an' unobstructed clearance under the frame at this end of the counter when such end is used without a facing.

lit is obvious that set screws or other similar means may be employed for securing the several parts together instead of the nuts and bolts mentioned.

According to the construction shown and described, it will be observed that the corner foot rests of the counter are the only portions in contact with the floor, except the bottom end of the corner irons, when the latter are so adjusted, and said adjustment may be such as to elevate said ends out of Contact with the floor if so desired. The said arrangement is of such sanitary construction as to avoid the collection of foreign matter, and the decay of the counter parts usually exposed in washing the floor;

prevents damages by dampness from ice and liquid boxes, wash trays and the other counter appliances; prevents injury to the counter parts by inserts; and provides convenience in washing and cleaning the floor under and around the counter.

It is obvious that the casings, and the frame or any part or parts thereof may be readily taken apart for cleaning and repair, or for packing and storing, or for removal, and yet be in condition to be again set up for use without alteration or modification.

We do not wish to be understood as confining ourselves to any particular size, shape, or metal in the manufacture of the counter frame hereinbefore described, but reserve ourselves the right to make such variations in the practical application of the frame as may be found expedient under the appended claim.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire by Letters Patent is:

The combination, with a counter, counter facings, a counter frame composed of T-iron and angle iron, and means for connecting said irons together for holding the said facings to the frame so as to form air spaces between the facings and the frame, of means for projecting an end-iron of the frame therefrom so as to form a passage-way under I such iron, comprising a bracket fitting under the top of the end-iron and having a shoulder fitting the bottom edge of such iron,

a flange depending from the shoulder and having one of its edges beveled from the shoulder to the bottom of the flange, and its other edge being at right angles to the shoulder and fitting a corner-iron of the frame for bracing the bracket, and means for attaching the bracket.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE V. MASER. JAMES A. GEBHART. Witnesses J. R. VAN TINE,

C. POMENITZ.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

. Washington, D. G. 

